Improvement in sofa-bedsteads



W. J. MYERS. Sofa-Bed'st-ead.

No. 203,289. Patented May 7,1878.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. MYERS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN SOFA-B EDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No- 203,2S9, dated May 7,1878 application filed August 13, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. MYERS, of Hartford, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements inBed-Loun ges; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whereby a personskilled in the art can make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters in the figures indicate the same parts.

My invention relates to bed lounges in which the part to he slept uponis composed of interlocked coiled springs, forming the fabric known aswoven wire.

The object of my invention is to construct a lounge which can have theseat and arm of the usual rounded or curved form, as ordinarilyupholstered, with volute springs, and which can be readily transformedinto a flat bed and pillow for sleeping.

My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts,as will be hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 shows a front view of my improvedbedlounge. Fig. 2 shows the usual arm for the lounge removed from thepillow of woven-wire fabric, which is inclosed and concealed within itwhen the lounge is not used as a bed. Fig. 3 is a front view of thepillow with the arm removed. Fig. etis a segtion through the middle ofthe bed-lounge, showing the parts beyond. The seat is turned up at rightangles, so as to show its operation.

A is the frame of the lounge, which. is sup ported by legs, in the usualmanner. To this is attached a permanent back upon the side A, ifdesired, although it is not essential to my invention. In the drawingthe lounge is shown without a back.

B is a rotating or swinging frame, carrying the seat and bed upon itstwo opposite sides. It turns upon pins at its ends I) b, which aresupported upon the cross end bars of the stationary frame. It is soarranged that either side can be turned uppermost for use.

C and D are rocking struts, attached to the stationary frame A, for thepurpose of supporting the ends of the rotating frameB when either sideis uppermost. When it is desired to turn it over, these struts arepushed back from under the part B, and replaced after the operation isperformed.

E is the woven-wire fabric, stretched be tween the end bars of therotating frame B. The opposite side of B is supposed to be upholstered,with the surface curved in the customary manner, as shown in thesection, Fig. 4.

F is a web of woven-wire fabric, supported upon a frame, G, which isattached to or forms part of the stationary frame A. This web and itsframe extend transversely across the bedlounge, so as to form a pillow.

H is the arm of the lounge, which is made hollow, and adapted to slideover the frame G, so as to entirely cover and conceal it. As shown inthe drawing, it is arranged so as to slide upon grooves at the ends ofthe frame. This arm is intended to be upholstered to correspond with theseat.

The operation of my invention is as follows: In its ordinary state, myimproved lounge is used with the upholstered side of the frame B turneduppermost and the arm H placed over the pillow. In this position of theparts it presents the appearance of an ordinary lounge. When it is to beused as a bed, the struts C and D are turned back, the frame B rotatedhalf-way round, the struts replaced under it, and the arm H removed fromthe pillow. It then becomes a woven-wire bed, having a fiat surface, andalso provided with a woven-wire pillow.

The frame B is securely held in position by the struts or supports C andD, so that no mo tion or shaking can take place. Other equivalentdevices can, however, be used.

What I claim as my invention is The detachable arm H, sliding uponinclined grooves at its ends, for covering and concealing the wirepillow F G, substantially as herein described.

WILLIAM. J. MYERS.

Witnesses:

Tune. G. ELLIs, GEO. B. Jnwnrr.

